Schedule: Flexible with schedules, open to FT or PT, open to 3x12s / 4x10s
Open 7-days per week, rotating weekends (1 weekend day)
Requirements:
- New Jersey RN License – open to new grads!
- ACLS/BLS Certification
- Experience with NextGen preferred but not required
- IV Certification and Telemetry Course required before start
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the planning, executing, directing, and evaluating the clinical care given to the surgical patient in the operating room
- Will have contact with the patient in each phase of the endoscopy experience
- Responsibility includes the preparation, assembly, and organization of the environment, equipment, and supplies necessary
- Supervises nursing activities related to patient care and set standards for accurate reporting and recording of patient symptoms, reactions, and progress
- Provides input and standards in formulating patient care policy and procedures for the center
- Works with the medical staff to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care
- Assists in maintaining an adequate inventory of supplies, drugs, and equipment
- Communicates with patient, family, and health professionals regarding care
- Serves as a resource in areas of expertise to other staff members
- May help admit patients if schedule allows
- Checks signed consent prior to beginning case
- At the beginning of the day, checks to see that necessary supplies required by the day’s procedures schedule are available in the OR
- Assists Endo Tech with supplies for case
- Prepares patient for procedure by verifying patient identity and scheduled procedure, and assists patient into OR
- Helps to relieve patient’s apprehension before and during administration of conscious sedation
- Makes available additional instruments and supplies as requested during the operation
- During conscious sedation cases, record vitals and gives medications as order by physician
- Documents and labels specimens clearly and correctly
- Assists in transferring patient to PACU
- Ensures that supplies for each case are ready for use
- Maintains a safe environment in OR during procedure
- Assists in cleaning of room after a case
- Assists with post-op call to patient and documents call and patient’s responses on patient’s record
- Takes inventory and restock supplies as needed in OR
- Performs functions in the instrument processing system
- Assists with nursing functions in other clinical areas
- Helps clean OR and assists with room turnover at the end of each case
- Shares responsibility with the Endo Tech for ensuring that supplies for each case have been collected and readied for the days schedule
- Other duties may be assigned